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The first three sections of ‘Uamha ’n Òir’ (The Cave of Gold) were published in Chapman 15 in 1976.
 
Reothairt is Contraigh. Spring tide and Neap tide. Selected Poems 1932-72 was published in 1977.

Sorley MacLean received an honorary D. Litt degree from the National University of Ireland in 1979.

Sorley MacLean received an honorary D. Litt degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1980.

 
In 1985 Ris a’ Bhruthaich, the critical and prose writings of Sorley MacLean, edited by Professor William Gillies, was published.
Sorley MacLean was made Honorary President of the Saltire Society in 1985.
Sorley MacLean was made a Freeman of Skye and Lochalsh in 1987.
In 1989, O Choille gu Bearradh (From Wood to Ridge), the poet’s collected works, was published by Carcanet Press Limited.
Sorley MacLean was awarded an honorary D.Univ degree from the University of Grenoble in 1989.
Sorley was named the first Alumnus of the Year by the University of Edinburgh in 1990.
Sorley MacLean was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1990.
Sorley MacLean won the MacVitie Prize for Literature in 1990.
Sorley MacLean was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1992.
Sorley MacLean received an honorary D.Phil degree from Anglia Polytechnic in 1994.
Sorley MacLean was made an Honorary Fellow of the RIAS and an Honorary Member of the RSA (HRSA) in 1996.
 
The University of Glasgow awarded Sorley MacLean an honorary D.Litt degree in 1996.
 
Sorley MacLean died on 24 November 1996 in Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
 

1911 - 1931
1932 - 1938
1939 - 1944
1945 - 1975
1976 - 1996
 
 
 
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